UBalt Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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The UBalt Electronic Theses and Dissertations collection accepts theses and dissertations from all graduate programs at the University of Baltimore. Beginning in 2017, all graduate students are required to submit an electronic copy of their thesis or dissertation to this collection. Submissions prior to 2017 were at either the behest of an individual program or at the student's discretion.
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Recent Submissions
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The Social Determinants of Public Housing Performance
(2021-08)For the past twenty years, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has used the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) to measure the performance of local public housing agencies in their implementation of ... -
Transnational Cooperation to Combat Boko Haram: The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF)
(2021-05)Transnational cooperation, particularly in the security sector, has become a platform through which contiguous countries or nations within a subregion collaborate to tackle common security threats or challenges. Against ... -
Increasing public safety in Baltimore through building transformative community and police relationships
(2021-07-13)The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is required under a federal consent decree to commit to community policing principles and establish a partnership with the community. This paper addresses three research questions ... -
Examining the Richness of Browsing in Digital Libraries & Netflix
(2021-06)Search and browsing are essential to information retrieval in libraries. Digital library users will engage in these behaviors to find books they need in any digital library’s interface. Search is supported through the ... -
Improving Commuter Safety Through Geographical Crime Data Mapping
(2021-06-09)Due to the rapid increase in mobile technology, many people use a smartphone on a daily basis to commute. However, the current mobile map applications lack the ability to visualize how safe the route will be, especially ... -
Design the Conversation
(2021-05)Design the Conversation is a website designed to synthesize the latest research on conversation, design, and the under explored area of shaping conversation in our workplaces; a place where together we can explore what new ... -
heridea.design : An Exploration of the Messy History of Women's Place in Graphic Design
(2021-05)Thumb through a graphic design history book, or even search the internet for “most influential graphic designers” and find yourself asking: where are all the women designers? Graphic design’s history has been written to ... -
Remote Testing of AR HUDs for Lunar Exploration
(2021-05-27)This thesis is an observational case study exploring human navigation using augmented reality (AR) on the moon. This research was conducted remotely using a game-like simulation to test the design of a Heads-Up Display ... -
Voi: An iPad-based interactive application focused on helping people decide where they'd like to travel
(2021-05-06)Voi (pronounced voy) is an iPad based application that focuses on helping people decide where they would like to travel. Voi aims to bridge the gap between people who like doing their own travel research but also like ... -
Simulating Homonymous Hemianopsia for the Care Team
(2021-05)Homonymous hemianopsia is a visual impairment that involves the bilateral loss of a complete visual field. While research has been done to ascertain the details of the cause and prognosis of homonymous hemianopsia, an ... -
Photogrammetry: Measuring Student Success Using Interactive 3D Digital Learning Objects
(2021-05-17)This thesis study examined the learning effect of an interactive learning object in the form of a digital 3D model by analyzing student grades on a technical competency exam across different methods of instruction, ... -
Pandemic Punk: An Analysis of the Punk Design Aesthetic in Digital and Analogue Design Processes through the lens of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021-05-07)Pandemic Punk was completed as an MFA thesis for University of Baltimore's MFA in Integrated Design. Pandemic Punk explores the intersection of punk design and DIY (Do It Yourself) culture using analogue and digital design ... -
The Individual Health Outcomes of Servant Leadership
(2021-05)This study explores the personal occupational health implications of servant leadership behavior for individual leaders adopting this style of leadership. The study sample included 156 working professionals from both the ... -
RunBud: A wearable fast-acting inhaler with Apple watch and mobile applications
(2021-05-13)The purpose of my product RunBud is to combine a wearable fast-acting asthma inhaler with Bluetooth technology and mobile and watch applications to track inhaler usage including the exact mileage point(s) the user administers ... -
Degrees of Inequity: A Policy and Strategic Alternative Assessment to Identify a Twenty‐First Century Definition of Undue Hardship for Student Loan Debt in the United States
(2020-12-18)This study was undertaken to address issues resulting from the vagueness of imprecisely defined legislative language located in the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-598) and subsequent policies, regulations, ... -
(Food) banking on networks: Social network analysis of Maryland food networks
(2020-12)This study explored the existence and role of food networks in food access in Maryland, the significantly higher food insecurity rates in Allegany, Baltimore City, Dorchester, and Somerset Counties, and the relationship ... -
Integration of the Cooperative Movement: The Case of Puerto Rico
(2020-07)Integration among cooperatives is one of the principles promoted by these social-economic organizations. A well-integrated cooperative movement is a system that has the potential to contribute to the common good of society ... -
A Correlational Study Examining the Relationship Between Performance in Trade School User Experience Immersive Program and the Five Factor Model of Personality Traits
(2020-12-01)This study examined the relationship between the Five-Factor Model (FFM; McCrae & Costa, 2009), and User Experience education in a trade school immersive program. Research was conducted to determine if any of the FFM ... -
Polytasking and Human Values Across Cultures
(2020-12)This study examines the relationship between polytasking and human values, at the individual level of analysis, across three groups from two culturally distinct countries (India and USA). Both archival and non-archival ... -
Motivating Senior Native Spanish Speakers learning English through an Educational Game
(2021-02-01)Many people believe that the younger you are, the easier it is to learn a second language. This project explores methods for motivating senior native Spanish speakers learning English. Current literature was surveyed ...
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